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I had an idea that Jabba's Rancor would sometimes go for an evening stroll around Tatooine - and on this occasion he found an AT-AT to play with. (Perhaps the AT-AT was there as part of the deployment sent to look for the two droids at the start of 'A New Hope'?)

When I originally envisaged this piece I thought I would draw it from a low angle - looking up at the Rancor climbing up the AT-AT's leg. But I decided that changing the angle so that the viewer can see the Imperial troops would be a good idea to add some more drama and humour. I'm glad I made the change - although it meant a lot more work drawing the characters - as well as trying to imagine what the roof of an AT-AT might look like if it was scrunched up!?

The first driver is so terrified he's about to jump straight off the top of the AT-AT to avoid being eaten - saying "I'm outta here!". The other driver's saying "Hold up - wait for me" - while the Commander won't abandon his post and is angrily shouting at the Rancor: "You there, stop that!"

This is an entirely original depiction of George Lucas's characters - drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom pad. I put a huge amount of effort into this - and I hope that comes across even in this low-res version (the original is 600dpi).

That's exactly what I thought. I think I'll leave it for others to step in and create some more Rancor art for the time being though. I've had my fill with this one... it took ages to draw! Thanks for looking in Simon

YupBut the atats pilot would sacrifice itself for put down the atat and in the back part a at-st or speeder bike with a looooot of stormtroopers come and fire the rancor xD, rancor need to atack upsite the atat xD

I like that. I'd only imagined him as a kinda pompous character - but I like the idea that he's just holding it down - and might be about to take out the Rancor's eye with a skill shot - "say hello to my little friend!".

You think so? You might not have seen the Rancor in the X-box Kinect game [link]I had the idea for this picture before I'd seen the game - but I was surprised by how energetic they made the Rancor. I imagine it more like a gorilla - and thought that it would be able to use the strength in its arms to pull itself up onto the AT-AT like King Kong